Brazil Reviews

It's impossible to review this vast and exciting country in two thousand words. This offering is intended to encourage your first visit and, I hope, to answer a couple of the more common questions. I lived here in the mid-Nineties, writing guide books. The Brazilians have a word, "saldades", for the poignant feeling of ...  Read the complete review

Well being Brazilian i am going to comment about something that i know deeply! Its not because i am from there but its such a beautiful country that like any other has its issues but overall its an amazing country. Brazil has been discovered by Pedro Alvares Cabral in 1500. Being colonized by the Portuguese brought us a lot of ...  Read the complete review

So far I have been to Brazil a total of 6 times. In total I spent there more than 6 months, I have been to quite a few places and cities and I speak the local language, which is Portuguese, but with some local words and with a different accent and intonation than in Portugal and I love their music and off course, I am also an admirer of their ...  Read the complete review

Leaving UK soil at 6am on the 30th of June, I was prepared to arrive in Porto Alegre, Brazil 22 hours later. However, a delayed flight meant I missed the last connecting flight of the day from Rio de Janeiro. Fortunately, I was put up in a very posh hotel in the airport, where the waiter was convinced I was prince William! My first ...  Read the complete review

The Pantanal is located in eastern central Brazil and is one of the planet's most important ecosystems. It lies on an enormous plain cut across by the Paraguay river and its tributaries. Thousands of animal and plant species have made in their home, among them the tremendously varied birdlife which include many visitors from others parts of ...  Read the complete review

I went to Brazil as a school exhibition with higher school and college students. We worked together to raise the money and carried out different fund raising events together. Although it was alot to raise it was certainally worth it. The flight from Heathrow was fifteen long hours. In Brazil we saw lots of amazing wildlife and a Snake even ...  Read the complete review

Spanish will not get you far in this corner of South America; in Brazil they speak Portuguese. There are so many differences between the Iberian languages, that a pocket dictionary will be your best investment. Even the days of the week have nothing in common. Getting Around Brazil -- By Bus: Being such a large ...  Read the complete review

Another vote for Rio. What can I say? Beautiful country, amazingly laid back and friendly people, nice food (try the feijoada) great beaches and needless to say, the greatest football loving country there is. Every man, woman and child will tell you that they are 5 time world champions and love doing it too. Avoid Copacabana to be honest, except ...  Read the complete review

Sitting on Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro, sipping a guarana juice, looking out over the atlantic while that girl walks by- you just KNOW you've made it. When you arrive in Rio, you realise why Ronnie Biggs robbed that train and fled down here - a bit of money in your pocket, and that latino world is your oyster. Rio is a little ...  Read the complete review